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highlights some of the fauna recorded on the ADI Site
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Mammals
Greater broad nosed bat - Scoteanax
rueppellii (Vulnerable)
Common bent-wing bat - Miniopterus schreibersii (V)
Short-beaked Echidna - Tachyglossus aculeatus
Ringtail possums - Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Sugar gliders - Petaurus breviceps
Common brushtail possum - Trichosurus vulpecula
Lesser long-eared bat - Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Chocolate wattled bat - Chalinolobus morio
Little forest eptesicus - Eptesicus vulturnus
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Marsupials
Eastern grey kangaroo - Macropus giganteus
Red kangaroo - Macropus rufus (introduced to site, not endemic)
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Reptiles
Lace monitors - Varanus varius (Regionally
Significant)
Bearded dragons - Pogona barbata (RS)
Eastern brown snake - Psuedonaja textilis
Red bellied black snake - Pseudechis porphyriacus
Eastern water dragon - Physignathus lesuerii
Eastern water skink - Eulamprus quoyii
Delicate skink - Lampropholis delicata
Grass skink - Lampropholis guichenoti
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Frogs
Green & Golden Bell Frog (Endangered)
Common Eastern Froglet - Crinia signifera
Brown-striped Frog - Limnodynastes peronii
Bleating Tree Frog - Litoria dentata
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog - Litoria fallax
Broad-palmed Frog - Litoria latopalmata
Perons Tree Frog - Litoria peronii
Tylers Tree Frog - Litoria tyleri
Brown Toadlet - Pseudophryne bibroni
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Birds (Approx. 120 bird species have been recorded on the site)
Australian Grebe
Australian Kestrel
Australian Magpie
Australian Magpie-lark
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Australian Pelican
Australian Raven
Azure Kingfisher (RS)
Black bittern (Vulnerable)
Black faced cuckoo shrike
Black-fronted Plover
Black-shouldered Kite
Blackbird
Black Swan
Brown Goshawk
Brown Thornbill
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Cattle Egret
Chestnut Teal
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (RS)
Clamerous Reed-warbler*
Collared Sparrowhawk
Common Koel*
Common Mynah
Common Starling
Crested Pigeon
Crested Shrike-tie (RS)
Crimson Rosella
Diamond Firetail (RS)
Dollarbird*
Double-barred Finch
Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Emus
Eurasian Coot
European Goldfinch
Fairy Martin*
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Feral Pigeon
Galah
Golden Whistler
Golden-headed Cisticola
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
Grey Butcherbird
Grey fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Teal
Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo*
House Sparrow
Intermediate Egret
Jacky Winter
Laughing Kookaburra
Leaden Flycatcher*
Little Corella
Little Eagle
Little Pied Cormorant
Maned Duck
Masked Plover
Mistletoebird
Musk Duck
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Olive-backed Oriole
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Heron
Pallid Cuckoo*
Peaceful Dove
Peregrine Falcon (RS)
Pied Currawong
Purple Swamphen
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-browed Firetail
Red-rumped Parrot
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Richards Pipit
Ringneck Parrot
Rose Robin
Royal Spoonbill
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Night Heron (RS)
Rufous Whistler*
Sacred Kingfisher*
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Silvereye
Southern Boobook
Speckled Warbler (RS)
Spotted pardalote
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Pardalote
Striated Thornbill
Sulphur crested Cockatoo
Superb fairy wren
Tawny Frogmouth
Tree Martin
Varied Sittella
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Weebill
Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Woodswallow
White-eared Honeyeater
White-faced Heron
White-naped Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
White-throated Gerygone*
White-throated Needletail*
White-throated Treecreeper
White-winged Chough (RS)
Willie Wagtail
Yellow thornbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Zebra Finch
* Summer Migratory Birds
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Insects
Ropes Creek is a reference site for many
insect species, in particular, Jewel beetles.
No insect list sighted yet.
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